Hexavalent chromium at low concentration alters Sertoli cell barrier and connexin 43 gap junction but not claudin-11 and N-cadherin in the rat seminiferous tubule culture model

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 268, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-36

  Carette, Diane ^a,c   Perrard, Marie Hélène ^d   Prisant, Nadia ^b,c   Gilleron, Jérome ^a   Pointis, Georges ^a   Segretain, Dominique ^b,c   Durand, Philippe ^d,e  

^a CENTRE MÉDITERRANÉEN DE MÉDECINE MOLÉCULAIRE C3M   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Blood testis barrier; Hexavalent chromium; Junctional proteins; Spermatogenesis; The rat seminiferous tubule culture model

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; CLAUDIN 11; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; OCCLUDIN; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EX VIVO STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; CADHERINS; CHROMIUM; CLAUDINS; CONNEXIN 43; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS;

EID: 84873909668     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2013.01.016     Document Type: Article

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